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Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’ (2024)
Journal Article
Karkou, V., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Thurston, S., Clark, R., Perris, E., Kaehne, A., & Pearson, M. (in press). Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’. PloS one, 19(1), e0296178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296178

Place-based arts initiatives are regarded as rooted in local need and as having capacity to engage local assets. However, many place-based arts initiatives remain poorly funded and short-lived, receiving little attention on how to scale up and sustai... Read More about Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’.

Saint Gobain & Barratt Developments “eHome2” Baseline Performance Report (2024)
Report
Fitton, R., Diaz Hernandez, H., Farmer, D., Henshaw, G., Sitmalidis, A., & Swan, W. (2024). Saint Gobain & Barratt Developments “eHome2” Baseline Performance Report. Salford: ERDF & Innovate UK

This report examines the fabric thermal performance of a prototype home (eHome2) built through a partnership with Saint Gobain and Barratt homes. The home was designed and built to meet the anticipated Future Homes Standard in terms of fabric perfor... Read More about Saint Gobain & Barratt Developments “eHome2” Baseline Performance Report.

ACTIVITIES TAILORING WITHIN AGILE SCRUM ROLES: A CASE OF NIGERIAN HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT (2024)
Journal Article

Developing quality agile healthcare information systems requires understanding regulatory compliance and evolving healthcare needs through activities tailored within agile scrum roles. Agile scrum, a widely adopted philosophy, offers significant adva... Read More about ACTIVITIES TAILORING WITHIN AGILE SCRUM ROLES: A CASE OF NIGERIAN HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.

Using GenAI in HE teaching, learning and assessment: Inclusive, ethical and sustainable innovation (2024)
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Youngson, A.-L. Using GenAI in HE teaching, learning and assessment: Inclusive, ethical and sustainable innovation

Discussing AI capabilities in session, and acknowledging their strengths and weaknesses are not enough. They need to be embraced and integrated – with their flaws – into sessions for real life application. We do not need to be experts already - we ca... Read More about Using GenAI in HE teaching, learning and assessment: Inclusive, ethical and sustainable innovation.

"I don't have a lot of foreign friends": a buddy scheme enhances home and international student nurse experience (2024)
Report
Brooks, E. (2024). "I don't have a lot of foreign friends": a buddy scheme enhances home and international student nurse experience

This research aimed to learn more about student experience of participating in a buddy scheme established to provide support for international nursing students on a one-year programme. The buddy scheme matched new international students with home stu... Read More about "I don't have a lot of foreign friends": a buddy scheme enhances home and international student nurse experience.

Self-perception and participation in physical activity in children with and without DCD: A longitudinal study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Physical activity (PA) is important for health and wellbeing, but most children do not participate enough in PA, a potential public health disaster. Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) participate in less PA than typically develo... Read More about Self-perception and participation in physical activity in children with and without DCD: A longitudinal study.

Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery in People with or without Metabolic Syndrome: A 5-Year Observational Comparative Study (2024)
Journal Article

Aim: Whilst bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity, the aim of this study was to evaluate whether postoperative weight loss is similar in patients with or without metabolic syndrome. Methods: We performed a 5-year observ... Read More about Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery in People with or without Metabolic Syndrome: A 5-Year Observational Comparative Study.

Developing a noise and soundscape conceptual framework for fair and equitable distribution of aircraft (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Fair and Equitable Distribution (FED) of aircraft, was introduced in 2015 as an aspirational objective by communities affected by aircraft noise from Gatwick Airport, the third-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK. This paper present... Read More about Developing a noise and soundscape conceptual framework for fair and equitable distribution of aircraft.